Watch List notes:

BRITISH 18TH CENTURY TOKENS, ENGLAND, Peter Kempson, (1755-1824), buttonmaker, later token manufacturer, St Mary's Row, Birmingham, later Little Charles Street, Copper Halfpenny (2), obv bust in profile left, DR. SAML. JOHNSON around, rev laurel wreath, MDCCXCVI below, LITCHFIELD TOKEN around, edge plain (Conder p.139, 4; Virt p.71; Atkins p.183, 15; D&H Staffordshire 18); rev Britannia seated holding spear and palm branch, * * RULE BRITANNIA * * around, 1797, edge PAYABLE IN LONDON and engrailed (Atkins p.183, 16; D&H Staffordshire 19). First good extremely fine and bronzed, second from fractured and deteriorated dies, very fine for issue. (2)

D&H 19 ex Jan Collection
Kempson was actively involved in the production of tokens from 1791 until 1799, turning out more than 60 tons of "legitimate provincial coins" for various commissions. Kempson also freely muled dies in his possession, and produced a variety of tokens for sale to collectors.

Estimate: £100-150